#CFCCBD

sRGB: 207 / 204 / 189

Celestial flames reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames shatter the chains of fate

#CFCCBD belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 207 red, 204 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 50.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 15.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.03:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 207, 204, 189
HSL: 50.00°, 15.79%, 77.65%
HSV / HSB: 50.00°, 8.70%, 81.18%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.45%, 8.70%, 18.82%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 56.508, 60.125, 56.774
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.906, -1.578, 7.839
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60125
24-bit decimal: 13618365

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CFCCBD in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 13.03:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.61:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BDC0CF sits half a turn (180°) from #CFCCBD on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CFCCBD #BDC0CF

Analogous

#CFC3BD and #C9CFBD sit 30° to either side of #CFCCBD. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CFC3BD #CFCCBD #C9CFBD

Triadic

#CFCCBD, #BDCFCC and #CCBDCF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CFCCBD #BDCFCC #CCBDCF

Split complementary

Start at #CFCCBD and look across the wheel. #BDC9CF and #C3BDCF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CFCCBD #BDC9CF #C3BDCF

Square

Starting with #CFCCBD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BDCFC3, #BDC0CF, then #CFBDC9. Across the square, #CFCCBD pairs with #BDC0CF, and #BDCFC3 with #CFBDC9.

#CFCCBD #BDCFC3 #BDC0CF #CFBDC9

Tetradic

#CFCCBD and #BDC0CF are opposites, as are #C0CFBD and #CCBDCF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CFCCBD #C0CFBD #BDC0CF #CCBDCF

Tints

Mixing #CFCCBD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9D6CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F5F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#CFCCBD #D9D6CA #E2E0D7 #ECEBE5 #F5F5F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CFCCBD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A6A397, keeps 80% of the original. By #292926, the mixture is 80% black.

#CFCCBD #A6A397 #7C7A71 #53524C #292926 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CFCCBD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFBDB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #908F8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CFCCBD #BFBDB1 #AFAEA5 #A09E98 #908F8C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CFCCBD

RGB

rgb(207 204 189)

HSL

hsl(50.000 15.789% 77.647%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CFCCBD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CFCCBD uses 207 red, 204 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 81.2%

Green 80.0%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CFCCBD is 0.0% cyan, 1.4% magenta, 8.7% yellow and 18.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.4%

Yellow 8.7%

Black 18.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCCCBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CCB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CFCCBD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCCCBB Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#CFCCBD #CCCAC0 #C9C8C3 #C6C6C6 #C3C4C9 #C0C2CC #BDC0CF

Color vision previews

Compare how #CFCCBD appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#CFCBBC

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#D0CCBD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#D2CAC8

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CFCBBD

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D0CCBD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D0CBC1

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#CCCCCC

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#CDCCC4

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.62396 G 0.60383 B 0.50888

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.80969 G 0.80039 B 0.74691

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.62039 G 0.60450 B 0.51772

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.326 y 0.347 Y 60.125

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 18.824 M % 20.000 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001111 11001100 10111101